Russia is a permanent member of the United Nations
Security Council. This hasn't stopped the United Nations from strongly opposing
Russia's invasion of Ukraine. On February 25th, the majority of the member
nations of the Security Council voted on a resolution making it clear that
Russia's aggression was unacceptable and declared that Russia should
immediately withdraw its troops. Prompting an emergency session of the UN
General Assembly the following week, 141 nations voted in favor of denouncing
Russia's invasion. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stated that
20 million dollars in assistance from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund will
be directed to Ukraine. This is combined with tasking the UN Refugee Agency to
raise nearly two billion dollars for the rapidly growing humanitarian crisis. This funding is vital considering, according to the
UN Refugee Agency, approximately 10 million Ukrainians have been internally
displaced up to this point, and 4 million have escaped to Poland, Slovakia,
Hungry, Romania and other nearby European nations. The agency is making
preparations to handle the expected increasing numbers of people migrating out
of Ukraine which will likely mean the UN will have to deal with the largest
numbers of people fleeing their homeland since the Balkan Wars.
Source: Council on Foreign Relations
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